Hello everyone!
New member here. My wife and I are casual weekend bicycle riders, nothing serious. We like tooling around the neighborhood and an occasional 20-30 mile trek on the greenways where we live. We both have inexpensive bicycles that actually belonged to our kids when they were younger. I am curious about possibly replacing the freewheel on my wife's bike and wonder if it can be done without spending a ton of money. I just need something basic. The bike currently has a 6 speed freewheel and I cannot find a manufacturer name on it. I'm fairly certain it's off-brand made in Asia as the bikes were originally bought from Walmart. I've researched a few free wheels on amazon and some other sites. My question is this...is it even possible (due to threads, hub size, etc) to even swap such a part with a branded (Shimano, etc) freewheel without running into a lot of issues. Is it worth the hassle? Any thoughts or advice would be greatly appreciated.